Hog-oiler.



F. C. GEORGE.

HOG OILER.

APPLICATION FlLED JUNE 3,1916.

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F. C. GEORGE.

HOG OILER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3,1916.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

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FRANK C. GEORGE, OF NEW SALEM, INDIANA, ASSIGNOE, T0 CARLTON CHANEY, RALPH E. ARMSTRONG, AND HARRY B. ARMSTRONG, A OGPAETNEBSHI]? DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE FIRM-NAIE'E AND STYLE (IF THE FLAT ROCK REMEDY COMPANY, OF

RUSHVILLE, INDIANA.

HOG-OILER.

Application filed June 3, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, F RANK C. GEORGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Salem, in the county of Rush and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog-Oilers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to means for distributing liquid insecticide to ani mals, and is more especially designed for the purpose of applying oil and the like to hogs.

An embodiment of the invention which is at present considered to be the preferable one, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the distributer, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough, Fig. 8 is an end View, and Fig. e is a cross sectional view.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment disclosed, a base 5 is employed, which may be of any desired character, such as a board or plank, and secured contiguous to one margin thereof are spaced brackets 6, each having spaced upstanding ears 7. A third bracket 8 of similar construction is mounted on the opposite margin of the base midway between the brackets 6.

A reservoir for the insecticide is employed, which comprises a bowl 9, said bowl being in the form of a semi-ellipse cut on the plane of its maj or axis, the bowl having an open top and carrying a central standard 10. This standard is tubular in form, being provided with a head 11 terminating in a transverse sleeve 12. The bore of the standard at its lower end is open and opens through the bottom of the bowl 9, as will be evident by reference to Figs. 2 and 4. A pipe or conduit 13 is located alongside the standard 10, having a lower open end in the lower portion of the bowl, and having its upper end in communication with the upper portion of the head 11. The bowl is supported by depending lugs or legs 9*, their lower ends being located between the ears 7 and the rear two legs being pivoted to their respective cars by pins 9". The other leg is detachably held to its bracket by a pin 9.

Fixed in the sleeve 12 and extending lon- Specifieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

Serial No. 101,522.

gitudinally over the bowl 9 is a rod 14 held in said sleeve by any suitable means, as for instance a set screw 15. This rod constitutes a support and journal bearing for a pair of rotatable distributing members 16. The members are each in the form of a semiellipse cut on the plane of its minor aXis, and are so arranged that their larger ends are adjacent to each other and their smaller ends are at the ends of the bowl. These members are rotatably mounted on the rod 14, the ends of said rod passing through suitable bearings 17 in the smaller ends of the members, and spiders 18 being formed at the inner ends of the members and being journaled upon the rod adjacent to the sleeve 12. Suitable nuts 19 serve to secure the members in position. It will be noted that the inner ends of these members are open and that their surfaces are suitably roughened, as shown at 20.

it is believed that the operation of the device will be understood by those skilled in the art. If the device is placed where it is accessible to hogs, their well known propensities will cause them to rub against the roughened surfaces of the members 16, thereby rotating said members and causing the oil to be applied to the animals. Any water which collects in the bowl 9, because of its specific gravity, will pass to the bottom of the bowl and will find an outlet through the pipe 13 and standard 10. In order to empty the bowl, all that is necessary is to remove the pin 9, whereupon the entire structure can be turned, as will be evident.

It will be seen that this device is exceedingly simple and thoroughly practical. Besides there are no valves or other elements which are apt to become clogged, and thus cause either failure to operate or the loss of insecticide.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without cleparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An insecticide distributing device, comprising a reservoir having an open top, a central standard projecting upwardly in the reservoir and having a shaft mounted in the upper portion and projecting on opposite sides thereof, 7 and independently rotatable animal engaged distributing members mounted on the shaft on opposite sides of the standard and extending downwardly into the reservoir.

2. An insecticide distributing device,comprising a bowl substantially the form of a semi-ellipse cut on the plane of its major axis, a central upstanding standard mounted in the bowl, a shaft fixed on the upper end of the standard and projecting on opposite sides thereof, and independently rotatable outwardly tapered animal engaged distributing members mounted on the shaft and depending within the bowl. I,

3. An insecticide distributing device, comprising a base having a plurality of up standing ears at spaced points, a bowl having depending lugs on opposite portions, certain of which overlap and are pivotally connected to certain of the upstanding ears, a device detachably passing through the remaining of said lugs and ears to prevent the pivotal movement of the bowl, and animal engaged distributing means mounted in the bowl.

4. In an insecticide distributing device, the combination with a reservoir, of rotatable animal actuated distributing means in said reservoir, and supporting means for the distributing means, comprising a water 6. In an insecticide distributing device,

the combination with a base having 'a pair of upstandlng ears on one side contiguous to one margin and an ear contiguous to the opposite margin, a bowl having depending ears pivoted to the spaced ears of the base, and an ear that overlaps the other ear of said base, means for detachably securing the latter ears together, a central upstanding hollow standard in the bowl, a conduit communicating with the upper portion of the standard and the lower portion of the bowl, and outwardly tapered rotatable distributing members mounted on the standard.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' FRANK C. GEORGE.

Witnesses:

MINNIE BOYD, A. L. GARY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of faten'ts, Washington, D. 0. 

